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Family law is a different animal because the well-being of a young child is involved. Also, laws vary from state to state. I would recommend this guy find a good family law attorney. The mother may not be interested in pursuing child support which would be the best scenario. But the dangling birth certificate, if his name is on it, is a huge problem, not just now but far into the future.

This is the kind of rationalization that disturbs me. Accepting that we live in a society where marriage is considered passé by many. One guy thinks he's in an exclusive relationship with a girl, or practices safe sex. She meets another guy who is playing around, not using protection, and possibly spreading venereal disease. So rather than hold the romeo to account and pay for his child, a judge declares he is protecting the interest of the child rather than doing justice. I still don't understand how demanding one man to pay for another man's child is in the best interest of anyone. Assuming the sucker is better off financially, he is unlikely to love the child if he is being forced to pay child support. The argument you are making is that a judge should choose the wealthiest of a woman's paramours to pay child support rather than the biological father. That's not justice.

I agree with you and i am not attempting to argue anything, this guy needs legal representation now. IF, and we don’t know, he is indicated as father of this child on a birth certificate, which is a legal document, it has to be resolved. I could go into great detail, but believe me, regardless of a paternity test, at this point he is legally the father and until resolved will be until the end of time. A court could rule he is “legally” the father through his intent at time of birth. I know of one case, where there was no paternity test, the father was not on the birth certificate but lived with the mother and child before and after the birth of the child. The mother was killed in a car accident and the “father” wanted full custody of the toddler. There was a $100,000.00 insurance policy plus social security, he was a criminal scumbag. In the best interest of the child, the judge ruled he was the “legal” surviving parent regardless of paternity.